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Don't think you could go far wrong with a war griffons scheme, it'd tie in with lucie well.

Here's a thought, We're 38,000 years in the future. Time enough to develop environment sensing paint similar to octopus and squid colour blastoids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rqhomPaxhE

With that capability any colour is possible via quantum computer* controlled colour cells in the paint pigment changing the surface to match the surroundings virtually instantaneously.

*A quantum computer has 1.616×10−35 m Planck length memory units; an area so minuscule as to fit an entire Cray computer into the volume the size of an atom.

Now I just have to figure a way to model this in styrene...........

You're going to have to look close to see the differences between the last posted image and the current one.

I added a lot of secondary armour to the side of the carapace and the front of the carapace and under the hood.

All the little pieces bordering the the carapace skirt and chest plate are installed.

The secondary tertiary and quaternary armour plates are installed on the side panels to the chest plate.


http://i.imgur.com/j7XXtD6.jpg


A lot of work but not much change in overall appearance.

You could always go the opposite way entirely and paint the whole thing in gleaming chrome.

This has certainly come a long way since I stumbled across that first post and 2-3 replies.
Keep it up, the end is in sight!

A busy weekend getting all the laminated armour on the chest and front of the carapace. Still a few bits to add but the overall effect of the slabs of plating gives a weighty look to an otherwise bland facade.

Note the diagonal strips on either side of the chest and head radiating out from center. These obviously were part of the original frontal escarpment installed when the Titan was first constructed.

Although further additions over the millennia supplemented these reinforcing stringers the buttress-like carapace bracing was left in place being an integral part of the original structure.

Initially armour was added with a nod to aesthetic appeal but more recent supplemental additions gave way to having a more haphazard and utilitarian appearance.

Wiring, conduit, and components were added where ever they would fit without consideration to the Majesty of the 'Builders' original concept for they, 'the builders' were of a different time and almost a race apart from the current custodians of the God Machine.

http://i.imgur.com/6cF2r7D.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/01ZIJk6.jpg


Note the test of colour to the interior of the void generator housing. A lovely Pistachio matte green for base coat. The Tesla coils will be emitting residual sparks in the mode of a Jacob's Ladder when finished.

http://i.imgur.com/bcYQHmO.jpg


Such goes through your mind while this monster takes shape before you...................

Time to take a ride in 'the cookie wagon' Blackadder!

Truly impressive.

I just love the ammount of detail on there.
Something 90% of all the other scratch build titans are missing XD

I want PAINT!

Mind the styrene dust. Took a break from scratching to surf the web while waiting for glue to dry. The flash image came out rather well although the desk is encumbered with it's nightly debris.

http://i.imgur.com/htlxw9f.jpg


I'm in uncharted territory with the carapace side panels but from what I can gleam there are vertical reinforcements that just didn't look right so I changed them to match the diagonal seams of the side armour. Much better............

Started on the cockpit interior today for a change of pace. This is largely experimental as I have no idea of the direction I'll be taking but a good beginning will be the pilot and copilot /Sensori who seem in a position of guiding the warlord even though they aren't I'm given to understand.

I plan to make this a plug-in unit so it will be removable for painting and modification if needs be. I also want to install fiber optic instrument lighting in the future but just getting the general layout is the objective at the moment.

http://i.imgur.com/HI9iBB3.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/qk6BlhW.jpg


The seating looks rather crude as I just knocked them together for a general size.

I hope to refine them later.

Maybe add a "commander" in the middle, and then 3 or 4 servitors to the sides, connected to all kinds of machines.
Also make sure to make it really creepy with lots of cables and pluged in humans

something like a tactics and support crew for the princeps

edit: they are appearently called Moderati

It's been quite some time since I demonstrated the removable Command deck so I'll begin by showing the recess with the Command deck removed.

Of course the model is upside down for clarity and to give a good view of the slot the Command deck fit into.

The asymmetry between the left and rig side is not apparent in the first photo but the last the show the cutout for the gantry door vestibule. A little modification I had to make so the rear door to nowhere lined up with the Command deck.

http://i.imgur.com/hcjjk0r.jpg


Below is the Command deck itself right side up and the model in the background is still upside down with a good shot at the vestibule on the left side.

Is that clear?

http://i.imgur.com/U83G212.jpg


A shot of the Command deck half inserted inverted into the hull recess both components are now upside down for clarity..............is that clear?

http://i.imgur.com/ZjFfFWZ.jpg


And another shot from a lower angle of both components prior to assembling and installing the blast door that isolates the cockpit. Not shown as yet as the paint isn't dry.

http://i.imgur.com/QcfQASX.jpg




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Forgot to take these images. Command deck fully inserted showing access to the connecting tunnel to the Flight deck and cockpit. The two naves on either side of the tunnel were going to be sanitary facilities but I was apprised do to bio-engineering of the crew there is no necessity for necessaries.

Some sort of bag I suppose.............

http://i.imgur.com/lezcj6x.jpg


And the frame of the blast door component fits just right. Whew!

http://i.imgur.com/vf6gmn4.jpg



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I have to admit this is so much fun (The Blackadder gets a bit euphoric when things go his way) I can't believe I have put it off so long. So I'm building the 40k version of Ken and Barbie's dream house its a great relief from the exacting work of the mechanical bits of this construct.

To whit:

The blast doors fit swimmingly and the secondary doors (Coming up later) slide into their pockets with roomn to spare and I am beside myself in Ecstasy (Watch it bro) I just might have a second Martini.

http://i.imgur.com/7D1qXkc.jpg

Referring back a dozen pages or so concern was expressed as to where the pocket doors would slide when they were opened. That problem appears to have been resolved although if I decide to re-install the WC's, they will be out of service when the pocket doors are opened.

Access denied!:
http://i.imgur.com/4ILPn3F.jpg


The pocket doors closed:
http://i.imgur.com/RCBSBCQ.jpg

Really impressive interior

High-tech futuristic door and frame I need 3 of these for the Command deck alone. I should have picked an simpler door assembly.

http://i.imgur.com/HsUP3xb.jpg



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I've just about reached my limit of patience in rendering detail. I'm a bit out of practice working this fine.

Here is a good point to show how I cut fine detail pieces not that I am as proficient as some who work with styrene but this works for me.

You will note that the door detail is still attached to the sheet (Which is upside down BTW the top of the door is at the bottom of the image). This gives you more of an area to hold onto while you are cutting the detail. After the lines are cut and the holes are final filed then I separate the piece from the sheet.

This is one of the few times I use a #11 Xacto tip for cutting, I usually use it to pick up tiny objects such as rivets to place them on the work.

I cut out any holes first which saves you from tearing the plastic trying to cut close to an edge. For some reason cutting the hole after you have done you straight slices causes the blade to wander.....

I'm trying something new cutting on cork board which seems to work rather well, I usually cut on an old wood butchers block board.

You can see at the top of the image the sketched in door detail for a slightly smaller door. That will be the door to the vestibule leading to the rear exterior door on the back of the Titan.

http://i.imgur.com/itDg7rn.jpg



After you have rough cut the holes with the knife, dress the edges and rounded corners with jeweler's files and or diamond needle files and yes that is an steel emery nail board; an indispensable trimming tool.

http://i.imgur.com/34WlNwE.jpg

Sorry to waste your time but I am trying to come up with a viable amniotic tank to immerse my Princep in and I have come up with this taken from Antenocitis Workshop.

These dedicated to 28 mm accessories look beautiful but are out of my price range to make this Titan viable plus they do not fulfill the requirements I deem necessary for my construct.

Never the less the ideas seem viable.

The amniotic Tank:

http://i.imgur.com/OsFD90q.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Sgh1zBs.jpg


Thus far...................

Looks good thus far !

I seem to have reached my limit attempting usable door frames for the side doors. I suppose I shall just go for the chiclet style wall panels so prevalent in SF venues. The door frames I coveted were much too fine in detail to render in a workable fashion.

The flash image reveals crudeness in the frame opening that I hope to remedy with the modified door trim.

http://i.imgur.com/OnRflIG.jpg

Well that's about it for this builder, I've devoted enough time to this door assembly not that I've put in a lot of time to this but enough already, unless I have a major epiphany the door is done as is............. Yeesh!

http://i.imgur.com/dM5BUtv.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/uuorZWA.jpg


DANGER! DANGER Will Robbinson!!!!!!!!!! Ha!

(assuming you are married) Does your wife think you are crazy? or has she long given up hope ?

answers in order of questions posed:

(Yes,) yes, and yes!

Man, I love the interior on this beast. Those arched beams a pure works of art - you could showcase them in the Tate Modern... What's with the cut-out area to the left hand side though, the symmetry is glaringingly broken, but I presume it has a purpose?

I see your on the east coast. If your near NJ and ever show case this beast at a tournament or game store let us know, I would love to see it in person.

The symmetry is off because the exterior design shows a door in the upper rear panel, namely the door and the ladder to nowhere. I have always thought the door was a personnel portal when the titan was docked in the hangar for maintenance and maybe it served a secondary function as an escape hatch in battle but the ladder always looked ridiculous and wasn't needed. Scratch one ladder.

The other big problem was the placement of the door on the epic and DS model which seems too high for convenient exit. I felt that the logical place to have it was for the command deck people. The waist block has a hatch at the bottom and engineering exits through the catwalks under the carapace. That leaves the command deck and the reactor/void generator decks to vacate. Naturally descending on a ladder is too slow so in the vestibular immediate proximity of the door will be descent bungees for rapid evacuation.

One can assume when the titan is docked the door provides egress for the crew much as the gantry catwalk for the lamented Space Shuttle missions.

I did an major revamping of the command deck to accommodate this door and passage and there was sufficient room under the carapace for the vestibule.

http://i.imgur.com/qu5bn.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Aytdi.jpg


Problem solved and in a logical (TMM) manner; Whew!

http://i.imgur.com/ShkeR.jpg


But thanks for reminding me, I have to redesign the beams to make them look less hacked out.


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Temporarily indisposed for the past week or so but managed to pull an all-nighter yesterday and brought this baby into a new level of detail. I had some trouble reconciling the trim strips on the edge of the seam between the upper and lower panels of the carapace but the solution appears satisfactory at least in the images.

Its strange that what is seen with the naked (Ha, he said naked.) eye is different than what is displayed in a camera image. I have a tendency to elongate images top to bottom when viewing a picture and when I see them in an photograph the perspective/proportion changes. I don't have that problem with TV images and broadcasts on plasma screens bother me greatly when presented in the wrong aspect ratio. Go figure!

Anywho here is the latest run of images complete with inroads into the shoulder carapace magazines starting to be encased. I figure since the Warlord employs both energy and projectile weapons that the area directly above the arms (sic) is devoted to storing the projectile rounds. No point in displaying that as yet but it does logically indicate future reworking.

http://i.imgur.com/chteh.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/9Yhtb.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/UxRAa.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/o9kIR.jpg


Purists may note that I changed a lot in the detail of the rear projection to suit my aesthetic sensibilities but since these vehicles are subjective to the FW, 'many worlds/many interpretations' I feel that Lucius Warlord Titans in a class have variations in that class depending on the 'Forge World' planet of origin. Plus I'm not going to buy a bunch of bitz just to copy the DS original.

Whoa, I missed a bunch of updates again! That interior is just gorgeous, the whole project has suddenly turned into a work of art.

You didn't mis any updates, my last post was a quote of my own posts some 17 pages back demonstrating why the interior girders had to be chopped the way they were in answer to Ruglud's question. I'm addressing the situation right now as it is time to install the catwalks and doors leading to them. I hope to be able to resolve the hack job I did on the Command deck girders in a viable fashion but even in modern ships of war chopping through original work to accommodate new technology is not unknown. How much more so in the far flung future when military expediency trumps aesthetics?

Ahh, that make perfect sense now - I totally get your design ethic behind this area and very interested to see how you interpret this area into your overall design... I do now recall your previous posts on the doorway and the solution you came up with to place it, but I must admit I hadn't linked the two when I was looking at the corridor...

As ever your level of detail truly impresses me and you've inspired me to get back, after a brief hiatus, to my Thunderhawk build...

My mission is accomplished then,

The catwalks installed under the carapace in a rough and tumble fashion awaiting a touch of refinement and hand rails. Note that the command deck is not slid all the way into the slot so the rough front ends of the catwalks are exposed.

These catwalks will adjoin the front walks out to the main guns for servicing with appropriate ladder assemblies to the gun stanchions down to the guns themselves.

The left side walk with access to the Command deck vestibule..........
http://i.imgur.com/CqKxAzF.jpg


The right side walk...............
http://i.imgur.com/ji7Pr5F.jpg

I've done some pretty fiddle and time consuming things with plastic card, but what you've done here is mind boggling, the attention to detail is excellent and very well done.
A beautiful piece of work, I look forward to seeing it finished.

The ammount of details on the inside is insane. XD
I hope one will be able to remove all the armor plates so that you can actally see all this^^

So far almost all the interior is "plug in" modular so painting and view interior detail shouldn't be a problem.

http://i.imgur.com/wq9eDG1.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/UjIubeP.jpg


The only thing that bothers me is this is beginning to look like the promenade deck on the Titanic and there's not enough space for the deck chairs..........